Short-billed pipit
Anthus furcatus Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a species in the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 20.1 g to 20.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the short-billed pipit
- Weight
- 20.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the short-billed pipit live?
Not recorded
What is the short-billed pipit?
The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, the wagtails and pipits. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
From the Wikipedia article “Short-billed pipit” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short-billed_pipit&oldid=1363898107), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the short-billed pipit endangered?
The short-billed pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the short-billed pipit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMotacillidae
- genusAnthus
- SpeciesAnthus furcatus Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- Fork-tailed pipitEnglish
- Fork-tailed short-billed pipitEnglish
- piula de bec curtCatalan
- linduška krátkozobáCzech
- corhedydd pigfyrWelsh
- PunapiberDanish
- WeißbauchpieperGerman
- kurtbeka pipioEsperanto
- Bisbita piquicortoSpanish
- Cachirla comúnSpanish
- Cachirla uña cortaSpanish
- väljakiurEstonian
- kanelikirvinenFinnish
- Pipit à plastronFrench
- fehérhasú pityerHungarian
- Pispola beccocortoItalian
- コバシタヒバリJapanese
- trumpasnapis kalviukasLithuanian
- punapiplerkeNorwegian Bokmål
- WitbuikpieperDutch
- argentinapiplerkeNorwegian
- świergotek krótkodziobyPolish
- petinha-de-bico-curtoPortuguese
- caminheiro-de-unha-curtaPortuguese
- Короткоклювый конёкRussian
- ľabtuška krátkozobáSlovak
- Kratkokljuna trepteljkaSerbian
- kortnäbbad piplärkaSwedish
- Kısa Gagalı İncirkuşuTurkish
- щеврик короткодзьобийUkrainian
- 短嘴鷚Chinese
- 短嘴鹨Chinese
Relatives of the short-billed pipit
Other species in the same genus Anthus.
Tree pipit
Anthus trivialis
Meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis
Tawny pipit
Anthus campestris
Red-throated pipit
Anthus cervinus
Water pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Richard's pipit
Anthus richardi
CompareShort-billed pipit vs Tree pipitShort-billed pipit vs Meadow pipitShort-billed pipit vs Tawny pipitShort-billed pipit vs Red-throated pipit
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the short-billed pipit?
An adult short-billed pipit weighs 20.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the short-billed pipit endangered?
The short-billed pipit is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the short-billed pipit?
The short-billed pipit (Anthus furcatus) belongs to the family Motacillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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